Best Home Cook

{{Short description|British television cooking competition}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

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| genre = Cooking
Reality

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| presenter = Claudia Winkleman

| judges = Mary Berry (2018–2021)
Chris Bavin (2018–2021)
Angela Hartnett (2020–2021)
Dan Doherty (2018)

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| composer = Matthew Cracknell
Peter Nickalls

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| num_series = 3

| num_episodes = 24

| executive_producer = Claire Nosworthy

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| runtime = 60 minutes

| channel = BBC One

| company = KEO Films

| first_aired = {{Start date|2018|05|03|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2021|02|17|df=yes}}

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Best Home Cook (previously Britain's Best Home Cook) is a competitive cooking show produced by KEO Films and distributed internationally by Endemol Shine Group. It premiered on BBC One on 3 May 2018, presented by Claudia Winkleman, with judges Mary Berry, Chris Bavin, and Dan Doherty.{{cite news |last1=Midgley |first1=Carol |title=TV review: Britain's Best Home Cook; Syria: the World's War |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/tv-review-britains-best-home-cook-syria-the-worlds-war-x0fbldn5n |access-date=5 January 2020 |work=The Times |date=4 May 2018 |language=en}} A second series, with "Britain's" dropped from the title and Angela Hartnett replacing Doherty, returned in January 2020.{{cite news |last1=Midgley |first1=Carol |title=Best Home Cook review — saccharine and stodge, this was no Bake Off |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/best-home-cook-review-saccharine-and-stodge-this-was-no-bake-off-k8576ttdw |access-date=5 January 2020 |work=The Times |date=3 January 2020 |language=en}} The series was created in the wake of Berry's previous show, The Great British Bake Off, departing the BBC for Channel 4,{{cite news |last1=Ruddick |first1=Graham |title=Mary Berry to lead judges on BBC show Britain's Best Cook |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/aug/01/mary-berry-to-lead-judges-on-bbc-show-britains-best-cook |access-date=5 January 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=1 August 2017}} and has received mixed reviews from critics.{{cite news |title=Britain's Best Home Cook: Any good? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43977661 |access-date=5 January 2020 |publisher=BBC News |date=4 May 2018}} The programme was axed in 2022.{{cite news |title=Best Home Cook Axed |url=https://www.mediamole.co.uk/entertainment/tv/news/bbc-confirms-axe-of-britains-best-home-cook_495204.html|access-date=22 November 2022 |publisher=Media Mole/BBC |date=22 November 2022}}

Series 1 (2018)

= Cooks =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Cook

! Age

! Occupation

! Hometown

Cyrus Kay

| 27

| Wine consultant and entrepreneur

| York

Dipa Jakhu

| 44

| Civil servant

| Wolverhampton

Fiona Hamill

| 59

| Retired shop keeper

| County Down, Northern Ireland

Josie Ingram

| 37

| Wealth client executive

| Glasgow

Katie Davies

| 32

| Police emergency call handler and dispatcher

| Neath, Wales

Philip Friend

| 48

| Maths teacher

| Surrey

Pippa Middlehurst

| 28

| Oncology research biobank technician

| Salford

Queta "Q" Double

| 38

| Children's A&E nurse

| Balcombe, West Sussex

Tobi Akingbolagun

| 27

| Compliance manager

| London

Trevor Jones

| 29

| Farmer

| Kent

=Elimination table=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; line-height:26px;"
rowspan="2"|Contestant

! colspan="15" |Episode

colspan="2"|1

! colspan="2"|2

! colspan="2"|3

! colspan="2"|4

! colspan="2"|5

! colspan="2"|6

! colspan="2"|7

!8

Pippa

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|style="background:pink"|E

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|style="background:pink"|E

|style="background:gold"|WINNER

Dipa

|

|style="background:pink"|E

|

|style="background:pink"|E

|

|style="background:pink"|E

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|style="background:pink"|E

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|style="background:pink"|E

|rowspan="2"style="background:silver"|{{nowrap|RUNNERS-UP}}

Philip

|

|

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|style="background:pink"|E

|

|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|style="background:pink"|E

|

|style="background:pink"|E

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|style="background:pink"|E

Tobi

|

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|

|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|style="background:pink"|E

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|style="background:pink"|E

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|style="background:pink"|E

|

|style="background:crimson"|OUT

style="background:darkgray" |
Katie

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|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|

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|style="background:crimson"|OUT

colspan="3" style="background:darkgray" |
Trevor

|

|style="background:pink"|E

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|style="background:pink"|E

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|

|

|style="background:crimson"|OUT

colspan="5" style="background:darkgray" |
Cyrus

|

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|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|style="background:crimson"|OUT

colspan="7" style="background:darkgray" |
Josie

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|style="background:pink"|E

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|style="background:pink"|E

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|style="background:crimson"|OUT

colspan="9" style="background:darkgray" |
Q

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|style="background:crimson"|OUT

colspan="11" style="background:darkgray" |
Fiona

|

|style="background:crimson"|OUT

colspan="13" style="background:darkgray" |

:{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} (WINNER) This cook won the competition.

:{{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.

:{{Color box|cornflowerblue|border=darkgray}} (ULT) The cook was one of the judges' favourites in the ultimate challenge.

:{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} The cook got through to the next round.

:{{Color box|pink|border=darkgray}} (E) The cook was in the elimination round, but not eliminated.

:{{Color box|crimson|border=darkgray}} (OUT) The cook was eliminated.

Series 2 (2020)

= Cooks =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Cook

! Age

! Occupation

! Hometown

Ayo Salau

| 28

| Accountant

| London

Elisabetta Ludica

| 52

| NHS receptionist

| London

Georgia May Salamat

| 24

| Model

| London

Kate Smith

| 62

| Farmer's wife

| Devon

Katie Mahady

| 33

| Supermarket supervisor

| Essex

Oli Mannion

| 34

| Restaurant supervisor

| Cheshire

Robin Watkinson

| 63

| Maintenance supervisor

| Bristol

Sarah Woods

| 42

| Pharmaceutical recruitment partner

| Cheshire

Sean Hughes

| 37

| IT project manager

| Warwickshire

Suzie Arbuthnot

| 36

| Accountant

| Northern Ireland

=Elimination table=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; line-height:26px;"
rowspan="2"|Contestant

! colspan="15" |Episode

colspan="2"|1

! colspan="2"|2

! colspan="2"|3

! colspan="2"|4

! colspan="2"|5

! colspan="2"|6

! colspan="2"|7

!8

Suzie

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|

|

|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|

|

|style="background:pink"|E

|style="background:gold"|WINNER

Georgia

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|

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|style="background:pink"|E

|

|

|

|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|style="background:pink"|E

|style="background:silver"|{{nowrap|RUNNER-UP}}

Sarah

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|

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|

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|style="background:pink"|E

|

|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|style="background:pink"|E

|style="background:tan"|{{nowrap|3RD PLACE}}

Oli

|

|style="background:pink"|E

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|style="background:pink"|E

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|style="background:pink"|E

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|style="background:crimson"|OUT{{ref|1|[b]}}

style="background:darkgray" |
Katie

|

|

|

|

|

|

| style="background:cornflowerblue" |ULT

| style="background:pink" |E

|

| style="background:pink" |E{{ref|1|[a]}}

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| style="background:crimson" |OUT

colspan="3" style="background:darkgray" |
Robin

|

|

|

| style="background:pink" |E

|

| style="background:pink" |E

| style="background:cornflowerblue" |ULT

|

|

| style="background:pink" |E{{ref|1|[a]}}

|

| style="background:crimson" |OUT

colspan="3" style="background:darkgray" |
Elisabetta

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|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|style="background:crimson"|OUT

colspan="7" style="background:darkgray" |
Ayo

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|

|

|style="background:pink"|E

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|style="background:crimson"|OUT

colspan="9" style="background:darkgray" |
Kate

|

|

|

|style="background:crimson"|OUT

colspan="11" style="background:darkgray" |
Sean

|

|style="background:crimson"|OUT

colspan="13" style="background:darkgray" |

{{ref|2|[a]}} Because the judges were unable to decide on the worst dish during the elimination challenge, no-one was eliminated this week. As a result, two cooks were eliminated the following week.

{{ref|2|[b]}} Oli was not well enough to compete in the Rustle-up challenge and was automatically placed into the elimination challenge.

:{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} (WINNER) This cook won the competition.

:{{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.

:{{Color box|tan|border=darkgray}} (3RD PLACE) This cook finished in third place.

:{{Color box|cornflowerblue|border=darkgray}} (ULT) The cook was one of the judges' favourites in the ultimate challenge.

:{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} The cook got through to the next round.

:{{Color box|pink|border=darkgray}} (E) The cook was in the elimination round, but not eliminated.

:{{Color box|crimson|border=darkgray}} (OUT) The cook was eliminated.

Celebrity series (2021)

= Celebrities =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
CelebrityAgeKnown forHometown
Desiree Burch42Comedian & television presenterCalifornia, United States
Ed Balls53Retired Labour politicianNorfolk, England
Ed Byrne48Comedian & actorDublin, Ireland
Ferne McCann30Former The Only Way Is Essex starEssex, England
Gareth Thomas46Former Wales rugby playerBridgend, Wales
Karim Zeroual27Television presenter & actorLondon, England
Rachel Johnson55Journalist & authorLondon, England
Ruth Madeley33ActressWesthoughton, England
Shobna Gulati54ActressOldham, England
Tom Read Wilson34Receptionist on Celebs Go DatingLondon, England

=Elimination table=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; line-height:26px;"
rowspan="2"|Contestant

! colspan="15" |Episode

colspan="2"|1

! colspan="2"|2

! colspan="2"|3

! colspan="2"|4

! colspan="2"|5

! colspan="2"|6

! colspan="2"|7

! 8

Ed Balls

|

|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

| style="background:pink"|E{{ref|1|[a]}}

|

| style="background:pink"|E

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

| style="background:pink"|E

|style="background:gold"|{{nowrap|WINNER}}

Tom

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| style="background:pink" |E

|

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| style="background:pink" |E

|

| style="background:pink" |E

| style="background:cornflowerblue" |ULT

|

|style="background:silver"|{{nowrap|RUNNER-UP}}

Rachel

|

|

|

|

| style="background:cornflowerblue" |ULT

|

|

| style="background:pink" |E{{ref|1|[a]}}

| style="background:cornflowerblue" |ULT

|

|

| style="background:pink" |E

|

| style="background:pink"|E

|style="background:tan"|{{nowrap|3RD PLACE}}

Ferne

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

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|

|

| style="background:pink"|E

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

| style="background:pink"|E

|

|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

| style="background:red"|OUT

style="background:darkgray" |
Shobna

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

| style="background:pink"|E

|

|style="background:red"|OUT

colspan="3" style="background:darkgray" |
Ed Byrne

|

|

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|

|

|

|

|style="background:pink"|E{{ref|1|[a]}}

|

|style="background:red"|OUT

colspan="5" style="background:darkgray" |
Karim

|

|style="background:pink"|E

|

|style="background:pink"|E

|

|style="background:pink"|E

|

|

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|style="background:red"|OUT

colspan="5" style="background:darkgray" |
Ruth

|

|style="background:pink"|E

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|style="background:pink"|E

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|style="background:red"|OUT

colspan="9" style="background:darkgray" |
Gareth

|style="background:cornflowerblue"|ULT

|

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|style="background:red"|OUT

colspan="11" style="background:darkgray" |
Desiree

|

|style="background:red"|OUT

colspan="13" style="background:darkgray" |

{{ref|2|[a]}} Because the judges were unable to decide on the worst dish during the elimination challenge, no-one was eliminated this week.

:{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} (WINNER) This cook won the competition.

:{{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.

:{{Color box|tan|border=darkgray}} (3RD PLACE) This cook finished in third place.

:{{Color box|cornflowerblue|border=darkgray}} (ULT) The cook was one of the judges' favourites in the ultimate challenge.

:{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} The cook got through to the next round.

:{{Color box|pink|border=darkgray}} (E) The cook was in the elimination round, but not eliminated.

:{{Color box|Red|border=darkgray}} (OUT) The cook was eliminated.

References

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